Missing Medals

All medals listed in this field are permanently recorded on an International Medal Register. This register is the source from which information is drawn - which will assist in re-uniting you with your 'missing medals'.

R.JENNINGS

Medal Type: WW1 - 1914 Mons Star

Service No: 5726Unit No: 2

Corps/Service:Infantry

Country: United Kingdom

I am searching for the missing First World War Medal of R. JENNINGS. He served with the 2nd Royal Irish Rifles. Having served as a regular and then on the reserve list he was part of the 6th Expeditionary Force in 1914. His medal had a clasp attached for action seen at Gallipoli, he was one of the Old Contemtables. Discharged on 15/2/1916.

V.GLEDHILL

Medal Type:Service No: 1592716Unit No: 77 Squadron

Corps/Service:Air Force/Flying Corps

Country: United Kingdom

My family is searching for the missing war medals of our relative, Sergeant (Flight Engineer) Victor GLEDHILL. His service number was 1592716 and he served with 77 Squadron, R.A.F.V.R. (Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve). Victor GLEDHILL was killed in action on 17 June 1944, aged 19. According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission records, he lies buried in Uden War Cemetery in the Netherlands (Holland). His war medals were sold on 20 October 1993 at DNW AUCTIONS. This auction house (Dix Noonan Webb) was at 16 Bolton St, Mayfair, London, W1J 8BQ and as British medals from the Second World War were not engraved by the government, it is clear that the medals were identifiable by other documentation which accompanied the medals. The missing medals comprise of the 1939-1945 Star, France and Germany Star and the 1939-1945 War Medal. They were sold together with the cardboard box of issue (which would have had the name of his father and address on the front) and condolence slip to his parents. Victor was the son of George Victor and Florence Gledhill, of Marsh, Huddersfield. We do not know how these missing war medals came to leave our family, but we would be very grateful if whoever purchased the medals would consider selling them back to us.

C.W.S.AUGER

Medal Type: WW1 - 1914-1915 Star Medal Trio

Service No: 103081

Corps/Service:Artillery

Country: United Kingdom

My family is searching for the missing First World War medals of our Grandfather, Charles William Sorrell AUGER. This war medal set consists of the 1914-1915 Star, British War Medal and Victory Medal. Charles William Sorrell AUGER served as a gunner in the Royal Horse Artillery in France and then Italy during the Great War. We think his medals were inadvertently left in an attic when moving and we would be extremely grateful if they could be located and returned to us. This is especially important to our family, now that the Centenary of the 1914-1918 War is here.

Charles James Leonard

Medal Type: WW1 - 1914-1915 Star

Service No: 52928

Corps/Service:Mounted/ Lighthorse/ Cavalry

Country: Australia

Looking for my Grandfathers medals. Charles James Leonard was born in Bridgetown W.A in 1899. Story I was told, was that his sister Daisy A Leonard, who also lived in Bridgetown, may have retained his medals. I have emailed the RSL in Bridgetown hoping that they may have been handed in, but was unsuccessful. There are 3 medals in total, one being the 14-15 star, also missing are the Victory medal and the British medal.. Any information regarding these items would be greatly appreciated.

A.McDONALD

Medal Type: Pre WW1 - India General Service Medal

Service No: 3483Unit No: 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders

Corps/Service:Infantry

Country: United Kingdom

I am searching for the India Medal awarded to awarded to Alexander McDONALD who served with the 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders. The medal had the following clasps - Relief of Chitral 1895 and Punjab Frontier 1897-98, Malakand 1897, Samana 1897 and Tirah 1897-98. The India Medal was awarded for various minor military campaigns in India, chiefly for service on the North-West Frontier during 1895 to 1902. This medal replaced the India General Service Medal (1854). The ribbon pattern was red, green, red, green, red. Whilst the obverse of the medal itself held the profile of Queen Victoria, or, after January 22, 1901, King Edward VII, the reverse portrayed a British and an Indian soldier carrying a standard together. Any assistance to help my family to recover this missing medal would be greatly apprecaited.

T.GRIEVE

Medal Type:Service No: 8246437

Corps/Service:

Country: Australia

My name is Thomas GRIEVE and I am searching for my missing war service medals. The medals were lost in transit and I am hoping to get them back as they are of great sentimental value. The missing medals consist of:- AASM (Australian Active Service Medal) with Afghan clasp along with four other medals. The Afghanistan Medal, NATO medal with ISAF clasp (International Security Assistance Force), the ASM (Austalian Service Medal) with Solomon Island 2nd clasp; and the ADM (Australian Defence Medal), all of which are impressed with my name 'Thomas GRIEVE' or 'T.GRIEVE' with my service number 8246437. As you can appreciate, having served overseas on active service for Australia in the ADF, it is very important for me to have these missing medals returned to me.

T.GRIEVE

Medal Type:Service No: 8246437

Corps/Service:

Country: Australia

My name is Thomas GRIEVE and I am searching for my missing war service medals. The medals were lost in transit and I am hoping to get them back as they are of great sentimental value. The missing medals consist of:- AASM (Australian Active Service Medal) with Afghan clasp along with four other medals. The Afghanistan Medal, NATO medal with ISAF clasp (International Security Assistance Force), the ASM (Austalian Service Medal) with Solomon Island 2nd clasp; and the ADM (Australian Defence Medal), all of which are impressed with my name 'Thomas GRIEVE' or 'T.GRIEVE' with my service number 8246437. As you can appreciate, having served overseas on active service for Australia in the ADF, it is very important for me to have these missing medals returned to me.

V.A.BOWMAN

Medal Type: WW1 - 1914-1915 Star Medal Trio

Service No: 2787Unit No: 9

Corps/Service:Infantry

Country: Australia

I am searching for the missing First World War Medals of my great uncle, Vincent Ambrose BOWMAN who was born near Bodalla but enlisted into the AIF (Australian Imperial Force) at Enoggera in Queensland. Hence his allocation to the 9th Battalion. According to the First World War Embarkation Roll, he boarded HMAT Ayrshire (A33) at Port Sydney and departed Australia on 1 September, 1915. He was awarded the 1914-1915 Star (number 43), British War Medal (number 6001) and Victory medal (number 5930). Interestingly Vincent BOWMAN was once charged and awarded 72 hours Field Punishment for the offence of wilfully damaging army property; when he removed the lining from a Brodie pattern helmet and used it as a wash basin. Any assistance in helping my family to recover these lost war service medals would be appreciated. We would very much like to commemorate his service for the Centenary of the First World War.
I have recently found his grave. He is burried with his wife Muriel. They are in a unmarked grave in the Anzac section of the Lutwych cemetry. Another reason to find his medals & recognise his service.